Summary: Seminar by Professor Steven Young Department of Accounting and Finance; Lancaster University You can download the slides from this talk in PDF format. You can also download the anonymised feedback example in PDF format Individual dissertation supervision creates significant challenges for large programmes. The Department of Accounting and Finance employs an alternative model to cope with MSc numbers in excess of 120 students per year. The approach involves offering a small number of standard dissertation streams (currently three). Each stream is centred on an advanced topic in accounting or finance and is normally managed by two faculty members. Students on each stream receive a generic dataset (or access to data sources) relating to the topic area, from which they must produce an individual piece of research. To support their work, students receive 40 classroom hours introduction to the topic, six weeks of drop-in 'surgery' sessions, and detailed comments on the first draft of their dissertation submitted mid-July.
